Hi Carolyn: Welcome to the List. I have one Corcoran connection in my database (which consists mainly of Gallaghers)--Mary Campbell, daughter of Elizabeth (Gallagher) Campbell and Unknown Campbell, married a Corcoran (first name unknown) and had three children: Mary, Margaret and Owen. Elizabeth would have been born sometime in the 1820s or so, so Mary Campbell was born somewhere in the late 1840s or early 1850s. I have no Egan or Ryan connections, or Barnes (Barrons) from the Cleveland area, but here are my Murphys: (1) Catherine Casey, daughter of Peter and Mary (Scahill) Casey married John E. Murphy on 30 August 1920 in Lakewood. They had no children. (2) Jennie Murphy married Mike Barrett, son of Thomas and Bridget (Gallagher) Barrett,and they had four children: Dorothy, Frank, Jean and Miriam. Mike Barrett married (2) May Connelly Sheehan. Mike's parents, Thomas and Bridget, were married on Feb. 4, 1861, so Mike would have been born in the 1880s probably. Margaret At 10:03 AM 6/14/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Just signed on June 5 but have had no activity. Is anyone out there? My >surnames on west side of Cleveland are CORCORAN, EGAN, MURPHY, RYAN, BARNES >(BARRON) all from St. Malachi & St Patrick parishes. I've done extensive >research and hope to connect with others. > >Carolyn Corcoran > >

Hi Carolyn, I have Egan family in Ohio. My great-uncle Joseph Henry Egan came to Cleveland Heights in the 1890s from the Boston, MA area. He was born 01 September 1878 in Cooneal, Ballysakeery Parish, Co. Mayo, Ireland. His parents were Patrick Egan and Bridget Melvin. He died 25 September 1952 in Euclid, Ohio. He married Sophia Miller about 1905 in Cleveland, OH. He had two children, Alice Rose, born 28 July 1908 and Joseph John, born 30 July 1912. Both children were born in Cleveland. Alice Rose married Ralph Buescher and Joseph John married Eleanore Weber. Joseph Henry Egan had the following siblings: John, Michael James, Peter Francis (my grandfather), Patrick William, Sarah Josephine, Mary Frances, Bridget Veronica, and Agnes Catherine. My grandfather and Patrick Wm. lived in Cleveland for a couple of years in the late 1890s. Any possible connection? Joe Egan San Diego [email protected] wrote: > > Just signed on June 5 but have had no activity. Is anyone out there? My > surnames on west side of Cleveland are CORCORAN, EGAN, MURPHY, RYAN, BARNES > (BARRON) all from St. Malachi & St Patrick parishes. I've done extensive > research and hope to connect with others. > > Carolyn Corcoran > >

Carolyn , I have none of your names in Cleveland, but would your Corcorans have been from the Catholic Parish of Keel, Castlemaine, Co. Kerry on the Dingle Peninsula as I have much on them, my names in Cleveland are Berrys from the Catholic Parish of Kilmeena, Co. Mayo, Thanks, Mary, Jasper, IN [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 9:03 AM Subject: New Lister > Just signed on June 5 but have had no activity. Is anyone out there? My > surnames on west side of Cleveland are CORCORAN, EGAN, MURPHY, RYAN, BARNES > (BARRON) all from St. Malachi & St Patrick parishes. I've done extensive > research and hope to connect with others. > > Carolyn Corcoran > >

Just signed on June 5 but have had no activity. Is anyone out there? My surnames on west side of Cleveland are CORCORAN, EGAN, MURPHY, RYAN, BARNES (BARRON) all from St. Malachi & St Patrick parishes. I've done extensive research and hope to connect with others. Carolyn Corcoran

Listers When I said that I would do lookups in the Cleveland City Directory, I apparently did not make it clear that the only part that I have is for the surname DALTON. For those who want information on other names - contact the Cuyahoga County Archives at [email protected] Bill Dalton

I have copies of the City Directory of Cleveland for most of the years from 1863 to 1930. The surname is Dalton. I will do lookups as requested. Bill Dalton

> "Notes on a Family Album" > > I sit before some photographs > of people I don't know. > Mom said, "They are your relatives," > But that was long ago. > > She used to get the album out > And put me on her knee: > Then pointing, with a story line > Tell family history. > > The captions used were all her own, > Each time developed new. > We never thought to write them down > Before her life was through. > > I see some family features now: > I have begun to care. > Since Mom is gone, I cannot ask, > "Whose picture is that there?" > > If you have photo's in a book > Without a caption, too. > Go get a pen and label them, > Or you may wonder, "Who?" > > by Mary F. Heisey > > This was sent to another list, it has some good advice; Do it before it's > too late. > Dee > > > ==== PAWARREN Mailing List ==== > This PAWARREN list is managed by Cristy Fisher:[email protected] > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

Hello to everyone, Thought I'd repost my surnames just in case someone out there this summer finds themselves working on one of these families. Micheal and Bridget (McCart) Sweeney came from Ireland possibly Donegal 1840 and lived in Cleveland. Michael later bought land in Bluestone, Euclid with his sons Patrick, Alex ander & daughter Mary who married Michael Broughan sometimes Brougham. They owned land next to James & Margaret (nee Sweeney) Sharkey & John& Jane (nee Curran) Sharkey. Other related surnames are Nolan, FitzPatrick, Sullivan, Daugherty, Hogan, Weisbart, (hey! how'd those germans get into this Irish family) most of these people are buried at St. Paul's Cemetery in Euclid. If your summer research leads to these families I'd love to hear from you. Take care, Cindy Mac Suibhne [email protected]

Janet, thanks for your offer to research census records. I am interested in the following: Fitzgibbon(s), John wife Mary/Minnie nee Grattan, children Alfred, Lauretta/Loretta, Lillian, Ellen, Irene. Grattan, James wife Mary (maybe nee Finnel), children Julia, Nellie and another daughter. Her mother, Mary Finnel, may have lived with them. Maxfield, Eugene wife Margarette (various spellings) nee Hutten, children Jessie, Fred, Frank, Harry C., Howard, Mabelle. Above are from Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio area. Wells, George wife Ella nee Ross, children Clinton. Gardner, Leonard wife Emma nee Harvey, children Myrtle. Above are from Lorain County, Ohio. Hope I haven't bogged you down with too much. If you find anything or need more info contact [email protected] Thanks again. Sandie.

John, it depends on when you mean. In the 1870 census the wards only went up to 15. However, in the 1880 census there was an 18th ward. --Janet

If you find the Ward that your family lived in, then you need to the enumeration number. I have done some search at the Fairview Park Library. This helps narrow down your search so you don't have to view the entire roll of film. Colleen

Anybody know if there was an 18 ward. John

Hello all. In answer to the question on ward maps-- in the early census days in Cleveland, the enumeration disctricts were based on the political wards people lived in. If you needed to order a roll of microfilm, for example, and knew your family lived in a certain ward, that would tell you which roll to search. The map would tell you which streets fell into a ward-- this changed over time, of course. So, if you had an address, you could find the ward, then the roll, etc. There are surname indexes for all Ohio census records through 1880, fyi. Judith in OH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 5:17 AM Subject: OH-CLEVELAND-IRISH-D Digest V00 #58

I'm not sure I can give a definitive answer. "Wards" are political subdivisions of a city. If you know what ward your family lived in, you can narrow down the actual area in which they lived. This knowledge can also help you if you are doing census research. The census information was collected by wards for the larger cities like Cleveland. Unless you want to search through the entire census which can be quite a few rolls, you really have to know the ward where your family lived. I found out that my relatives lived in either Ward 5 or Ward 7 in 1870, so I purchased the rolls of microfilm that covered those particular wards. I actually found the census information for my gggrandparents listing all their children and confirming that they had been born in Ireland. By searching through the films, I also located some other people whom I THINK were relatives and I'm presently trying to confirm that. I hope this helps to answer your question. --Janet

I recently found an index to Cuyahoga County birth records online. It seems to contain birth records for 1881-1884 and 1887-1889 and death records from the Index to Probate Court Records, 1867-1890. I found death records for 5 of my relatives and was able to email the information to the folks at the Cuyahoga County Archives and they are sending me the death records. These researchers at the County Archives answered me promptly and they didn't even demand my money up front! The address for these records is: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/cuyahoga/vitals/ I hope this helps some of you who don't live in the Cleveland area with your research. Janet

Can anyone provide me information on the ward maps? What are they and why are they important in doing genealogy research? From a novice but enthusiastic researcher, Colette

Janet, What areas of Cleveland do wards 4-12 cover? In the 1880 census I am looking for Bojanowski Surname; and also Patrick Haney (maybe Heaney) and James Hopkins, wife Mary. Any information will be appreciated. Alice Gillihan

Interested in surnames Widdows, Pelow, Allen, Thanks, Sharon [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 5/21/00 7:12:56 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] > writes: > > << I also have the rolls for Wards 4,5,6 and 7 in the 1870 census. I will be > going through all of these rolls one more time in the next week or two, so if > anyone else has someone you want me to look up as I go, let me know >> > > HI Janet - > What a tresure having census records in hand. I had no idea an individual > could aquire such things.!!!! > > I do have a request for 1870. > > Thomas WARD, in 1880 in was listed in the 126 district Bennington, Oh Morrow > County as a farmer, wife Bridget > > I cannot seem to get any info before 1880. My Great Grandfather ( his son) > wound up in the Cleveland area. > > Your help will be greatly appreciated and I will pay a fee, expenses or what > ever. > > Thank you in advance, > Peace, > Susan Ward > > Happy Hunting! > > Susan PI (Ward) > > BEDFORD, BEUCUS, CASPERSON, CHRISTENSEN, HOCH, MAJOR, MORRIS, MICHEL, > RETTBERG, WARD

I am having trouble finding my great-grandparents. Please look up the following names in the 1880 Census. John and Edward Jeffers. Also Wichowski (Wichowyski) Juliana and Anton. Please let know of any charge. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Colleen

Vickie (and anyone else who is interested), I don't charge for lookups. I am doing my own personal research trying to find my ancestors among the Irish in Cleveland. When I started looking at the census material, I discovered that I would really have to scan through every name because of all the strange ways the census takers had of spelling and recording the information. So as long as I have to look at all the names anyway, I might as well help the rest of you out as well. I can't guarantee I'll find anything ... as I mentioned in some earlier postings, with some of the Irish people the census takers showed a certain prejudice and just recorded their last names as "Irish" or even "Irishman". I'll let you know what I find. --Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: VICKIE L KNIGHT <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 4:58 PM Subject: Re: 1880 Census index + more info on 1850 and 1870 census > Janet, > > I'm interested in the Hallisy name. Michael, Francis, and Jeremiah are the > surnames. Is there a charge for this? Thank you so much! > > Vickie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Janet <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 3:09 PM > Subject: 1880 Census index + more info on 1850 and 1870 census > > > > If anyone is interested, I have recently acquired the index to the 1880 > federal census for Ohio and will do lookups on that index. I am also > planning to purchase the 3 rolls of microfilm covering Wards 4-12 for > Cuyahoga County and will, once again, be willing to do lookups. If you want > me to do lookups, though, I will have to have a first name if the surname is > rather common ... there are literally dozens or even more individuals with > the names Kelly or Sullivan, so we have to narrow it down a bit. > > I'm winding up my research on the 1850 census .. I have the rolls for ALL > of Cuyahoga County on that one. I also have the rolls for Wards 4,5,6 and 7 > in the 1870 census. I will be going through all of these rolls one more time > in the next week or two, so if anyone else has someone you want me to look > up as I go, let me know right away. Again, first names are really helpful > ... especially since some of the handwriting of the census takers is almost > impossible to read. > > --Janet > > > >